Proverbs 2:21:3Prov.2.21.W3TAB
אָ֑רֶץ
arets
“land”
- Transliteration
- A-rets
- Extended
- AA-rehts
- IPA
- /ˈʔaː.rɛts/
Meaning by language
- English
- land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
A-rets
- clause
ki-ye-sha-RIM yish-ke-NU A-rets
- sentence
ki-ye-sha-RIM yish-ke-NU A-rets u-te-mi-MIM yi-va-te-RU VAH
Exegesis
In the first clause, the subject yesharim {יְשָׁרִים | yə-šā-rîm} ‘upright ones’ takes the Qal imperfect yishkenu {יִשְׁכְּנוּ | yiš-ke-nû} ‘will dwell’, with aretz {אָרֶץ | ʾā-reṣ} ‘land’ as its direct object.
Root and etymology
ʾ-r-ṣaleph–resh–tsade
“earth, land”
In context — Proverbs 2:21
For the upright will live in the land, and the blameless will stay there.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 2:21:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 2:21, so the Hebrew word אָ֑רֶץ (arets) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.2.21.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.2.21.W3.S1) and character.